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NBN Co to accelerate higher speed tiers and launch multi-gigabit speeds in September 2025 (www.nbnco.com.au)
submitted 3 weeks ago by jonesy@aussie.zone to c/australia@aussie.zone
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Nice to see a date put forward following the previously announced upgrades. Interested in the newer 2000/200 tier announced as well, as the higher upload speed will be really nice for pushing my excessively large photo backup onto backblaze, that said if it's priced too outrageously I'm not certain what the take-up would be for normal home users initially.

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[–] WaterWaiver@aussie.zone 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

There are no changes to the nbn wholesale pricing of these speed tiers arising from the speed increases.

Interesting, but how will this affect the price for end users? There are other fees charged to the ISPs too?

I am suspicious because NBNco only mentions wholesale pricing in this article, not end user pricing. They would have modelled it and then chosen not to talk about it. They might not technically be the entity finally billing you, but they're responsible for strong and direct impacts on what users pay.

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago

I would expect it to be the same as now with pricing dependent on the ISP. You'll likely still have to do the 6 months / 12 months churn to get the best deal.

[–] jonesy@aussie.zone 1 points 3 weeks ago

I'm not certain if it's still the case, but the announcement earlier this year stated the upgrades were being undertaken with no increase to wholesale costs: https://www.nbnco.com.au/corporate-information/media-centre/media-statements/nbn-plans-to-accelerate-highest-speed-tiers

That's also not to say that the retailers don't increase their pricing independent of the wholesale pricing.